Threads of Destiny (Collection)

Gone, Miko no Shikon

By: LadyRainStarDragon

Rumiko Takahashi owns all rights to Inuyasha. I just amuse myself with her creations.

He didn't remember his Otou. He remembered a man, but that was it. No voice, no face, only the outline of a man over his crib. The man had been young, straight and proud in priestly robes as a blessing was said over the baby that once had been he. Flashes of different uniforms the boy could recall, a black suit for work, white robes for Shrine duties, casual clothing to play with the boy's sister hug the boy's mother, or to play with the elder sister.

One day, Father didn't come home. Since then, neither of the children were allowed near the old well or the building that housed it. Ji-san renewed the seals on the well cap yearly. He remembered a room, and a lot of people crying as Ji-san cleansed the family. He remembered his big sister trying to be brave, to help Omoto-san care for the boy, and to help Ji-san with the Jinja.

That had been 5 years ago.

Wiping liquid crystal from his eyes, the boy looked down the old well, the cat who had caused it all on the edge beside him. He didn't understand, the cat had only been in the creepy building, why would some monster pop out of the well to steal his sister? They were going to school today, and then supposed to go to the park after school. She had promised!

Would he ever see her again? Did she know how much she meant to him?

He had to get help.

"Ji-san!"

Forgetting about school, the eight-year old ran to the house, looking for his Ji-san or Omoto-san. Ji-san knew all kinds of weird stuff, he would know what to do. Mama would surely be able to fix this too.

"Ji-san! The well ate Kagome! Ji-san!"

Ji-san was not in the house, but his Omoto was, as evidenced by the head that popped out of the kitchen.

"Souta! You're supposed to be on your way to school."

"Mama! The well ate Kagome-neechan!"

Higurashi-nisou had always known that her daughter was special. She had known she would be special since the first time that she had met Higurashi Tausau in school. As soon as he had taken her home to meet his parents, and she had seen the Shrine that her family told stories about, she knew. She knew the things that her little Kagome would go through.

Most mothers, if they knew what she knew, would scream and cry. But she would not. She was Taijiya Yomika, and her family would not exist if her little Kagome did not travel through the legendary well to fulfill a destiny set 500 years in the past.

"Souta, why don't you stay home today. I'm sure that Ji-chan wants your help. Kagome will be ok, she is strong."

Yomika dried the tears in her son's eyes, and she took him to find Ji-san. The boy would have his own destiny to fulfil as well, and it was time that he learned how.

It had begun, and later today, she would make a visit back to the Temple that her ancestors had built not far from the Jinja no Shikon, or Higurashi Shrine as it was now known, less than 500 years ago. It was time that she alerted the family about recent developments, and it had been a long time since she had seen her cousin Kumiro.

'Oh, Tausau, if only the monster hadn't awakened early, then maybe you could be here to see our little girl become our legendary Miko no Shikon.

Rain's Replies

Tippy-chan - Glad that you like. Yeah, grandpa is pretty funny, but it's hard to not feel sorry for him. Nobody listens to his stories, his fuda don't work, it's just sad. He is great comic relief though, since pretty much everyone can identify at one time or another.

NitenGale - Sleep! You're going to make yourself sick.